March 1, 2021

Why political language matters When politicians talk in abstractions, politics itself begins to lose coherence

Zachary Hardman

24.02

Why populism always fails As Juan Perón's rise and fall showed, regimes dependent on a personality never succeed

Jill Hedges

17.02

Europe is waiting for its Napoleon The instability at the heart of the EU may pave the way for a strongman

Peter Franklin

30.12

Stop bad-mouthing the BBC The War Against the BBC: Like it or not, the majority of Brits trust — and value — Auntie

Sam Leith

16.11

Why we need populism It kicks in when our democracies become too remote and detached from the people

Matthew Goodwin

24.07

Who paved the way for the populists? Anne Applebaum's book ignores the real drivers of dissatisfaction with liberal democracy

James Bloodworth

03.07

How a 1990s book predicted 2020 Christopher Lasch's 'The Revolt of the Elites' detailed how capitalism would radicalise the rich

Ed West

15.06

What Donald Trump shares with Don Giovanni The two men are both serial seducers who stand up to the establishment

Peter Pomerantsev

04.06

The Republican Party’s descent into darkness In 1968, the Right drove out the liberals. Now they're undermining democracy itself

Ian Birrell

29.05

These bullying bishops aren’t brave Why are the guardians of public morality joining the pitch-fork mob?

Giles Fraser

21.05

How Viktor Orbán plays his enemies Don’t be fooled: reassigning money rather than gender is what really matters to Fidesz

Alexander Faludy

21.04

Will Gen Z recover from Covid? Zoomers will enter the workforce against the backdrop of both the Great Recession and the Great Lockdown

Matthew Goodwin